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The aesthetic experience of 'contour binding'

The aesthetic experience of 'contour binding' Spatial Vision , Vol. 21, No. 3–5, pp. 291 – 314 (2008)  Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008. Also available online - www.brill.nl/sv The aesthetic experience of ‘contour binding’ CLARA CASCO ∗ and DANIELA GUZZON Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, Italy Received 17 July 2006; accepted 25 February 2007 Abstract —To find the diagnostic spatial frequency information in different painting styles (cubism, impressionism and realism), we have compared sensitivity ( d ′ ) in distinguishing signal (subject of the painting) from noise with normal, high-pass and low-pass filtered images at long (150 ms) and short (30 ms) exposure. We found that for cubist-style images, d ′ increases with high-pass filtering compared with normal and low-pass filtered images, but decreases with low-pass filtering compared with normal images. These results indicate that channels with high spatial resolution provide the diagnostic information to solve the binding problem. Sensitivity for images in impressionist style was instead reduced by both low- and high-pass filtering. This indicates that both high and low spatial frequency channels play a role in solving the binding problem, suggesting the involvement of large collator units that group the response of small channels tuned to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Spatial Vision Brill

The aesthetic experience of 'contour binding'

Guzzon, Daniela; Casco, Clara
Spatial Vision , Volume 21 (3-5): 24 – Jan 1, 2008
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Spatial Vision , Vol. 21, No. 3–5, pp. 291 – 314 (2008)  Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008. Also available online - www.brill.nl/sv The aesthetic experience of ‘contour binding’ CLARA CASCO ∗ and DANIELA GUZZON Dipartimento di Psicologia Generale, University of Padova, Via Venezia 8, Italy Received 17 July 2006; accepted 25 February 2007 Abstract —To find the diagnostic spatial frequency information in different painting styles (cubism, impressionism and realism), we have compared sensitivity ( d ′ ) in distinguishing signal (subject of the painting) from noise with normal, high-pass and low-pass filtered images at long (150 ms) and short (30 ms) exposure. We found that for cubist-style images, d ′ increases with high-pass filtering compared with normal and low-pass filtered images, but decreases with low-pass filtering compared with normal images. These results indicate that channels with high spatial resolution provide the diagnostic information to solve the binding problem. Sensitivity for images in impressionist style was instead reduced by both low- and high-pass filtering. This indicates that both high and low spatial frequency channels play a role in solving the binding problem, suggesting the involvement of large collator units that group the response of small channels tuned to the

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Spatial Vision – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 2008

Keywords: PERCEPTUAL GROUPING; CONTOUR SEGREGATION; ART; SPATIAL FILTERING; BINDING

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